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Ram Swarup (राम स्वरूप),〔He never used his surname, Agarwal, in adult life.〕 (1920 – 26 December 1998), born Ram Swarup Agarwal, was an independent Hindu thinker and prolific author. His works took a critical stance against Christianity, Islam and Communism. His work has influenced other Indian writers. == Life == Ram Swarup was born in 1920 to a banker father in Sonipat, Haryana. He graduated in Economics at Delhi University in 1941. He participated in the Indian Freedom Movement,〔(Ram Swarup (1920-1998) – Outline of a Biography )〕 and helped freedom fighters like Aruna Asaf Ali.〔(Hinduism Today, April 1999. The Voice of India By K.Elst )〕 He started the Changer's Club in 1944. Its members included L. C. Jain, Raj Krishna, Girilal Jain, and historian Sita Ram Goel.〔 In 1948-49, he worked for Mahatma Gandhi's disciple Mira Behn (Madeleine Slade).〔 Swarup worked for the DRS, where he wrote a book on the Communist party that was published under someone else's name.〔 In 1949 he started the Society for the Defence of Freedom in Asia.〔 The Society published books that were reviewed in the West, and criticized in the Communist newspapers ''Izvestia'' and ''Pravda''.〔〔Sita Ram Goel Genesis and Growth of Nehruism (1993)〕 It closed in 1955.〔 His early book ''Gandhism and Communism'' from this time had some influence among American policy makers and Congress men.〔 In 1982 he founded the non-profit publishing house Voice of India,〔(Letter by Goel to Hinduism Today, July 1998. Letters )〕 which published works by Harsh Narain, A.K. Chatterjee, K.S. Lal, Koenraad Elst, Rajendra Singh, Sant R.S. Nirala, and Shrikant Talageri among others .〔Goel, Sita Ram, ("How I became a Hindu" ), Chapter 9〕 American author David Frawley wrote, "While Voice of India had a controversial reputation, I found nothing irrational, much less extreme about their ideas or publications... Their criticisms of Islam were on par with the criticisms of the Catholic Church and of Christianity done by such Western thinkers as Voltaire or Thomas Jefferson. In fact they went far beyond such mere rational or historical criticisms of other religions and brought in a profound spiritual and yogic view as well." 〔Frawley, David(How I became a Hindu: My discovery of Vedic Dharma )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ram Swarup」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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